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COMIC  MILITARY  ALPHABET 


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THE 


Comic  Military  Alphabet 


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BY 

DE  WITT  C.  FALLS 


NEW  YORK 
Copyright,  1894,  by 

FREDERICK  A.  STOKES  COMPANY 


PUBLISHERS 


IS  AN  ADMIRAL  OBSERVE  HIS  GOLD  LACE. 

HE  IS  FOND  OF  GOOD  THINGS,  YOU  CAN  TELL 
BY  HIS  FACE. 


Admiral , United  States  Navy . 


IS  A BANDSMAN.  AS  THE  PICTURE  WILL  SHOW. 
SOME  INSTRUMENTS  TAKE  GREAT  EXERTION  TO 
BLOW. 


Heavy  Artillery , United  States  Army. 


CIS  A CADET  WHO  IS  OUT  ON  PARADE, 

TO  THE  GREAT  ADMIRATION  OF  EVERY  FAIR  MAID. 

Cade t,  United  States  Military  Academy. 


IS  A DRUM  MAJOR,  WHO  THINKS  HE'S  IMMENSE. 
GOTTEN  UP  WITH  COMPLETE  DISREGARD  FOR 
EXPENSE. 


Infantry , United  States  Army . 


IS  AN  ENGINEER.  TO  DRAW  THE  ENEMY  HE  FAILED; 
BUT  DENIES  THAT  FROM  TERROR,  HIS  FACE  EVER 
PALED. 


Engineer , United  States  Army. 


IS  A FIFER.  THOUGH  HUMBLE  IN  STATION. 

HE’S  A VERY  GREAT  MAN  IN  HIS  OWN  ESTIMATION. 

Marine  Band , United  States  Navy . 


IS  A GENERAL,  GIVING  A COMMAND. 

A SPECTACLE  NOBLE,  IMPRESSIVE  AND  GRAND. 

Major-Ge?ieral , United  States  Army. 


IS  A HUSSAR,  CHARGING  FORTH  WITH  A ROAR, 
FROM  THE  LOOK  ON  HIS  FACE  HE  SEEMS  THIRST- 
ING FOR  GORE. 


Chicago  Hussars. 


T IS  AN  INDIAN  TROOPER,  THE  KIND  YOU  READ  ABOUT 
1 IN  BOOKS, 

YOU  MIGHT  THINK  HIM  KIND  AND  GENTLE,  BUT 
HE'S  NOT  AS  AMIABLE  AS  HE  LOOKS. 

Indian  Troops,  United  States  Army. 


T IS  A JOLLY  JACK  TAR,  A FOLLOWER  OF  THE  SEA, 
J HE  DOES  THIS  SORT  OF  THING  FOR  FUN!  T WOULD 
BE  HARD  FOR  YOU  OR  ME. 

Seaman , United  States  Navy . 


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IS  A KNAPSACK,  FILLED  WITH  RATIONS  AND 
CLOTHES, 

A HARD  THING  TO  WEAR  ON  A MARCH,  THIS 
MAN  KNOWS. 

2 3d  Regiment , National  Guard , State  of  New  York. 


LIS  A LIGHT  ARTILLERY-MAN,  WHO  IS  TAKING  A 
RIDE  ON  A GUN, 

HE  IS  DOING  IT  UNDER  ORDERS,  AND  NOT  AS  YOU 
MIGHT  THINK  FOR  FUN. 

Light  Artillery , United  States  Army. 


IS  A MARINE,  IN  THE  NAVY  THEY  SERVE, 
AND  IT  ISN'T  A PLEASURE  AT  TIMES  YOU’LL 
OBSERVE. 


Marine , United  States  Navy . 


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IS  A NAVAL  CADET,  YOU  CAN  JUDGE  FROM  HIS 
FACE. 

THAT  HE  HAS  AN  IDEA  THAT  HE  OWNS  THE 
WHOLE  PLACE. 


Cadet , United  States  Naval  Academy. 


STANDS  FOR  OLD  GUARD,  THIS  IS  THEIR  BATTLE 
CRY,— 

“TO  THE  FAIR  SEX  WE  MAY  SURRENDER.  BUT 
WE  NEVER,  NEVER  DIE.” 


Old  Guard ' New  York. 


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PIS  A PRIVATE,  YOU  MAY  THINK  HE  LOOKS  CROSS, 
IF  THE  REASON  YOU'D  KNOW,  SEE  THE  GAIT  OF 
HIS  HORSE. 

Cavalry , U tilted  States  Army. 


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Q STANDS  FOR  QUARTER-MASTER,  WHO,  AS  EVERY 
ONE  KNOWS, 

SUPPLIES  THE  NEW  SOLDIERS  WITH  OUTFITS  AND 
CLOTHES. 

Quarter-master.  Infantry , United  States  Army. 


IS  A ROLLICKING  BOSTON  CADET.  HIS  GUN  BY 
HIS  SIDE  HE  LEANS, 

WHILE  HE  LUNCHES  'NEATH  THE  SHADE  TREE  ON 
BROWN  BREAD  AND  BEANS. 

Boston  Cadets , Massachusetts  Natiojial  Guard. 


! 


IS  A SIGNAL-MAN,  WHO  WAVED  HIS  FLAG  WITH 
SO  MUCH  ZEST 

THAT  A POLICEMAN  WHO  PASSED  TOOK  HIM  FOR 
AN  ANARCHIST. 


Signal  Corps , United  States  Army. 


TIS  A TROOPER,  WHOSE  MISSION  ON  EARTH  IS  TO 
FIGHT. 

WHEN  DRESSED  IN  HIS  BOOTS  AND  HELMET,  HE’S 
SIMPLY  “ OUT  OF  SIGHT." 

City  Troop , Philadelphia. 


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U STANDS  FOR  A UNIFORM,  WELL  KNOWN  IN 
NEW  YORK, 

ITS  WEARER  THINKS  ALWAYS  HE’S  THE  COCK  OF 
THE  WALK. 

Jill  Regiment , National  Guard , State  of  New  York. 


IS  A VETERAN,  WHO  FOUGHT  IN  THE  WAR. 

HE’S  ONE  OF  THE  MEN,  THAT  A PENSION  SHOULD 
DRAW. 


Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 


IS  A WAR  HORSE,  THAT  HAS  SPILLED  THE 
TROOPER  SO  BOLD, 

WHICH  IS  VERY  BAD  FORM  WHILE  DRILLING, 
THIS  SOLDIER  HAS  OFT  BEEN  TOLD. 

Troop  A , National  Guard , State  of  New  York. 


IS  AN  XCEEDINGLY  HANDSOME  YOUNG  MAN,  OF 
THE  VIRGINIA  NATIONAL  GUARD, 

WHO  FINDS  IN  DRILLING  RAW  RECRUITS  TO  MAKE 
HIMSELF  HEARD,  IS  HARD. 


Virginia  National  Guard. 


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IS  A YOUNG  NAVAL  RESERVE  MAN,  WHO  IS 
MAKING  HIS  FIRST  TRIP  TO  SEA. 

HE  MAY  BE  HAVING  A JOLLY  TIME,  BUT  HE 
DOES’NT  LOOK  SO  TO  ME. 

1st  Naval  Battalion , New  York. 


IS  A ZOUAVE,  A VETERAN  OF  THE  WAR, 

AND  THIS  WILL  END  OUR  SERIES,  FOR  THERE 
IS’NT  ANY  MORE. 


Zouave , United  States  Navy . 


